RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's former Prime
Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in the wake of a
suicide bombing that killed at least 14 of her supporters, doctors, a
spokesman for her party and other officials said.

Bhutto is helped from her vehicle following the October 18 suicide attack on her motorcade.

Bhutto suffered bullet wounds in the aftermath of the bomb attack, TV networks were reporting.

Police warned citizens to stay home as they expected rioting to break
out in city streets as a shocked Pakistan absorbed the news of Bhutto's
assassination.

Video of the scene just moments before the explosion showed Bhutto stepping into a heavily-guarded vehicle to leave the rally.

Bhutto was rushed to Rawalpindi General Hospital -- less than two miles
from the bombing scene -- where doctors pronounced her dead. Watch aftermath of the attack. »

Former Pakistan government spokesman Tariq Azim Khan said while it
appeared Bhutto was shot, it was unclear if the bullet wounds to her
head and neck were caused by a shooting or if it was shrapnel from the
bomb. Watch Benazir Bhutto obituary. »

The bomber detonated as he tried to enter the rally where thousands of people gathered to hear Bhutto speak, police said.

The number of wounded was not immediately known. However, video of the
scene showed ambulances lined up to take many to hospitals.

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The attack came just hours after four supporters of Pakistan's former
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif died when members of another political
party opened fire on them at a rally near the Islamabad airport
Thursday, Pakistan police said.

Several other members of Sharif's party were wounded, police said.

Bhutto, who led Paksitan from 1988 to 1990 and was the first female
prime minister of any Islamic nation, was participating in the
parliamentary election set for January 8, hoping for a third term.Read about Bhutto's turbulent history.

A terror attack targeting her motorcade in Karachi killed 136 people on
the day she returned to Pakistan after eight years of self-imposed
exile. View timeline. »

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